Event Manager

Salix; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading organisation in the public sector seeks an Events Manager on a 12-month fixed term to deliver key events aligning with their mission of decarbonisation. The role includes managing logistics, budgets, and communication strategies while engaging with stakeholders to raise awareness and promote the organisation's initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experience in event management and coordination.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills.

Responsibilities

• Support communication strategies for public sector decarbonisation events.
• Lead event coordination, managing budget and logistics.
• Produce news stories and internal/external video content.

Skills

Event coordination

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Budget management

Negotiation

Job description

12 Month Fixed Term Maternity Cover

Hybrid Working - 1 day per week in office

About Us

We’re Salix and we’re on a mission to help save the planet. We enable and inspire organisations in the public and private sectors to achieve their ambitious net zero targets and create better places to live and work. We’re passionate about our work and proud to be on the journey with them.

We deliver government funding schemes to support councils, schools, housing associations, hospitals and universities boost their energy efficiency, reduce their impact on the environment, save money and remove households from fuel poverty. We work with the UK government and the devolved administrations in Scotland and Wales. As well as managing the funding schemes, we provide professional advice, expertise and support to grant recipients throughout all stages of their projects. We also offer insight, intelligence and influence by sharing knowledge and lessons learnt from project delivery to help improve future schemes and policy development.

We were created in 2004 and have been growing ever since. We now employ 200 people. Our principal office is in Manchester and we have a base at Canary Wharf in London. We are wholly owned by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.

Join Salix as an Events Manager to play a key role in delivering impactful internal and external events that support the company’s mission to drive decarbonisation and public sector energy efficiency. This position ensures that all events align with our values, strategic priorities, and commitment to excellent stakeholder engagement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the development of communication strategies and operational plans to support the delivery of key schemes including the public sector decarbonisation scheme (PSDS), Low Carbon Skills Fund (LCSF) and schemes supporting the Scottish Government and Welsh Assembly.
• Leading event coordination, but not limited to budget, timelines, logistics and speaking engagements.
• Delivering events on time, within budget, that meet (and hopefully exceed) expectations.
• Ability to write and submit award proposals and speaking opportunities for Salix.
• Be able to liaise confidently with external stakeholders and negotiate.
• To provide communications advice to colleagues with confidence, tact, and diplomacy to deliver key objectives.
• Working with wider communication and PR colleagues on proactive media ideas.
• Identification of speaking opportunities and development of presentations for programme leads to deliver.
• Develop stakeholder relationships and nurture partner relationships.
• Represent the company at external events.
• Contribute to raising the organisation’s profile and awareness throughout the public sector through partner organisations, networks and stakeholder relationships.
• Support the wider communications and team in the organisation.
• Be a brand ambassador for the organisation, ensuring staff are using the branding correctly.
• Supporting internal and external queries about the use of the Salix brand.
• Able to produce internal and external video.
• Produce news stories for Salix own website.

Salix encourages applications from people of all backgrounds and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive organisation where different perspectives are valued. To monitor our processes, all applicants are asked to complete a diversity and equality form via the link provided here:

https://forms.office.com/e/Mc9F0G4uLT